Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Solanaceae | Genus: Solanum | Species: Solanum incanum Linn.( भटकटैया ) |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Solanum sanctum Linn. | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Bhatkataiya | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Sodom apple, Poison apple Snake apple, Thorn apple | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Bhatkataiya | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Berries pale – yellow when ripe, ovoid or sub globose; seeds brown, compressed, granulate. |
| Habitat | Fairly common; waste and exposed places, river beds, edges of forests. | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Sub Himalaya tracts, S. India, tropical and S. Africa, Egypt. | Bark Details | Bark prickled |
| Distribution in Haryana | Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Perennial, yellowish – stellate tomentose shrubs, prickles stout, recurved. Leaves ovate – elliptic, sinuate or shallowly lobed, base subcordate or truncate, acute or obtuse, stellate hairy above, tomentose beneath, mid rib and occasionally lateral nerves with scattered prickles. Flowers blue, peduncle lateral, usually in pairs, one bearing a solitary fertile flower and the other raceme of males. Calyx prickly, densely tomenotse. Corolla hairy on both sides. Ovary globose. Berries pale – yellow when ripe, ovoid or sub globose; seeds brown, compressed, granulate. | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate – elliptic, sinuate or shallowly lobed, base subcordate or truncate, acute or obtuse, stellate hairy above, tomentose beneath, mid rib and occasionally lateral nerves with scattered prickles. |
